14 Aug 2004; Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@gentoo.org>
+gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8.ebuild:
initial 2.6.8 release - contains the 2.6.8.1 patch, so don't worry.
- had to remove the x86-64 patchset, am waiting for an updated one of these to
mark this stable on x86-64.
- had to remove some sparc Kconfig patches. If any sparc developer wants to
add the proper ones back to the release, feel free to.
- Removed bootsplash patch, am waiting for bootsplash-nextgen release to add
this back.
- Removed supermount patch, am told that udev makes this obsolete now. Also,
it didn't apply to 2.6.8 anymore, so that made for a good reason to drop
it :)

Does that mean I have to change
CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="640x480@60" to
CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="1024x768@75"
if I want to use 1024x768 background initrd?

I'm using gentoo-dev-source, which already seems to have vesa-tng and bootsplash patch.
I deleted vga= entry in grub.conf. and changed it into video=vesafb:ypan, 1024x768-16@75 according to http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/#prj-vesafb-tng.
But framebuffer with background image still doesn't work.
Should I recompile the kernel?
Thanks.

gnough, are you using the bootsplash or gensplash because from what i have seen the gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r1 is only patched for gensplash as this is the new route for the gentoo kernels and support for the bootsplash is slowly being faded out. If this is the case then check out this thread for some help with gensplash.

Actually I cp-ed bzImage with different name, so I had to add another entry to grub.conf.
After that, I rebooted. But nothing. I didn't see nice image (just plain 640x480 frame buffer. I know I'm in framebuffer because I can do '# fbset "1024x768 60Hz' and the resolution actually changes. Also dmesg says Console: switching to color frame buffer device 80x30).

/a quick question: if I make modules_install with different EXTRAVERSION= in /usr/src/linux/Makefile, that creates another directory tree starting at /lib/modules/kernel_with_different_name.
If I don't like that particular kernel I just compiled with different EXTRAVERSION, can I uninstall the kernel and the modules completely?

i'm having same problems too. i got the framebuffer figured out so im on 1280x1024@60 but no bootsplash image . i had this all working fine on gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11, but the gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r1 doesn't have bootsplash working for me._________________John5788

I'm using gentoo-dev-source (2.6.8-r1) and I just did 'emerge splashutils' and
'splash_geninitramfs -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -r 1024x768 default' . Then, I changed:
CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="640x480@60" to
CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE="1024x768@75"
Recompiled bzImage (make bzImage). Copied the bzImage to /boot/ and rebooted, and there I could see 'emergence' theme. But no progress bar though.

So, if you use 2.6.8.-r1 or later, probably you have vesa-tng and fbsplash patched already. If that's the case, you'd rather use gensplash, not bootsplash.

EDIT: Actually, splashutils is masked. So, I went to
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/ and read easy-steps and downloaded latest gentoo portage file (0.9-pre06-gentoo) and followed the easy-steps instruction. After emerging splashutils, I could use the 'emergence theme' by using splash_geninitramfs command and recompiling the kernel.

Im confused, I couldn't make to work 2.6.8r1 with gensplash, now I have 2.6.7 with bootsplash and its working, but the silent image is not showing up, after the boot starts it switches to verbose (framebuffer is working fine).

so, i'm using 2.6.8-r3 (which is the latest gentoo-dev-sources, i think), and there is an option for boot-up splash in the kernel, which i selected. i set the resolution in menuconfig to 1280x1024@75. my grub.conf reads like this:

however, two things: when i boot like this, the first thing i get is a "you specified an undefined mode" error. the mode has to be 0165, or something similar. the hex modes don't work. can someone explain why i have a different set of mode numbers? and since they're listed by linesXcolumns, not resolution, can someone tell me what the correct mode would be (like, 130x50?)

second, the initrd line actually has to use a grub path (i'm going to fix it today), so that the correct last line would be

Code:

initrd=(hd1,4)/boot/initrd-1280x1024

now, in my initrd file, as per instructions, i rewrote the path to point to images i've stored on /boot/images/. but does that also have to be a grub-style path? that is, (hd1,4)/images/?

i get the high-res screen on bootup, but there's no jpeg image. i just get the penguin. can anybody explain why this is?

thanks for the help,

EE
EDIT: even when i set vga=0165 in grub.conf, i have to re-enter it at boot-time. and the cfg file i'm passing to initrd-1280x1024 does not have to have grub paths, so nevermind that. still getting the penguin logo...

EDIT: even when i set vga=0165 in grub.conf, i have to re-enter it at boot-time. and the cfg file i'm passing to initrd-1280x1024 does not have to have grub paths, so nevermind that. still getting the penguin logo...